GUEST COLUMN: No-refusal checkpoints misguided

8:17 PM,
Jul. 5, 2013

Written by

Axl David

Over the holiday weekend, citizens across Rutherford County will be barbecuing, saluting veterans, and watching fireworks to celebrate the anniversary of our independence from Great Britain. Words like "freedom" and "liberty" will be used as Americans across the country celebrate everything that makes this country great.

It is no doubt ironic that the Tennessee Highway Patrol has chosen this holiday to set up checkpoints across the state to detain motorists while they try to determine if they're actually committing a crime. Even worse, they have promised us that if they can't use their ...